Yes, It's Possible!: A Pah Handbook for Building Power from Below - Couverture souple

Franca, Joo

 
9781945335648: Yes, It's Possible!: A Pah Handbook for Building Power from Below
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ISBN 10 : 1945335645 ISBN 13 : 9781945335648
Editeur : Common Notions, 2026

Synopsis

A handbook for achieving social change through collective action based on lessons from a revolutionary movement’s struggle for housing justice in Spain.

Founded in Spain in 2009 as an immediate response to the devastating effects of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca – PAH) has since grown into a nationwide movement with over two hundred local chapters. Together, they have stopped thousands of evictions, negotiated with banks, forced legislative change, occupied fifty buildings, and, most importantly, rescued thousands of people from the edge of the abyss. It achieved all of this without backing from any party, union, or major NGO, and without full-time staff or external funding.

As the PAH faced off some of the country’s most powerful institutions, its members learned how to organize themselves, how to look after one another, how to do politics from the street, and how to bring about legislative reform. They managed to change the dominant narrative that blamed the victims of speculation on the housing market, they’ve won broad popular support, and through civil disobedience, they forced political parties to pass laws and pressured wealthy property owners and international corporations to negotiate and accept their demands.

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À propos de l?auteur

The Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (Plataforma de los Afectados por la Hipoteca-PAH) is a grassroots organization that was established in February 2009 in response to the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent housing crisis in central Barcelona. In 2013, PAH received the Premio Nacional de Derechos Humanos, a national award for human rights, and the European Citizens' Prize.

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Éditeur
Common Notions
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1945335645
ISBN 13 
9781945335648
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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Personne responsable
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